Mark glued his eyes to the television screen munching a handful of  popcorn he had stuffed on his mouth just a second earlier. With wide eyes and thumping heart he waited for the scene of the horror movie to unfold in front of him . The lead hero and his crew had already died , leaving the lead actress alone to fight with the ghost. His heart had started thumping crazily inside his ribcage and his palms were sweating as he clutched on the fabric of his sweatpants. 

The ghost was about kill the girl when all of sudden the power went off leaving Mark in complete darkness. Muttering profanities under his breath he frantically searched for his mobile phone breaking few things on the process. 

"Great just great " 

Frustration was slowly building up within the boy threatening to turn into rage but fortunately the back of his palm touched the cold piece of metal that he recognized is his phone made him cool down instantly. He fumbled with the device and finally was able to switch the flash light on. A single ray of white light illuminated the otherwise dark room. Throwing his body out of bed he decided to check the fuse. 

He crossed the messy room with great difficulty , taking mental note to clean it tomorrow. Just as Mark had reached the door handle the sound from background startled him. He turned back , curious eyes searching for the source of sound. Nothing. Ah ! He must have imagined it , the side effects of watching horror movie at night you see. 

Realising the breath he was holding , he made his way to the fuse box. He had just touched the box when a faint static sound from earlier greeted his ears again. He turned his head certain that his mind isn't playing tricks on him. He scanned the surrounding very cautiously. From the corner of his eyes he saw a faint light illuminating his living room. He glanced inside the room from the tinted window glass and what he saw inside made cold shiver run down his spine. 

Black and white dots were displayed by the screen along with the scary static sound but that's not what scared him. 

What actually scared him was the shadow of a person casted by the dim light of television on the whitewashed  wall of his room. He tried to convince himself that it could be one of his friends trying to play tricks on him after all pranks and jokes were common among the boys. He himself had pranked few of his friends , it was   fun and their funny faces could be used as blackmailing material for later. He shook his head , how sad , he wasn't going to fall for their petty tricks. They were going go get the bitter taste of their own medicine. An evil smile graced his perfect shaped lips. Time for some action.

He checked the light first, strangely everything was okay. 

" Strange " 

Brushing it off he sneaked back inside the faintly lit room. The door was still open aiding him to sneak without making any sound also the faint light from TV guided him to his victim of prank. Mark studied the shadow of the male casted on the opposite wall. He could tell that the man was tall with board shoulders and build body. 
" Yugyeom " he muttered to himself.

He was sure that it was either Yugyeom or Jinyoung , others? well, the other boys were scaredy cat themselves and they didn't have that daring personality to stay in dark let alone prank him.

From what he could figure out from the blurry silhouette of person standing just few inches from him was that the person was very tall. And the tallest person on their group was non other than their beloved maknae Kim Yugyeom. 

He inched closer to the youngest boy with an intention to startle him. Just as he stopped to tug at the sleeves of Yugyeom's hood , the boy whirled around. Mark fell down on the floor hard , he was honestly taken by surprise. He threw glare at the young boy whose face was still not visible due to the lingering darkness. 

" What the hell Yug. You nearly gave me heart attack " 

Mark had his one hand on top of his chest the erratic beat of his heart too loud in his ears, this other hand fumbled for his phone he had just dropped. 

He had expected Yugyeom to start making fun of him or at least laugh as his prank was successful but neither of that happened. The younger stood silent without any movement almost as if he wasn't there. 

" I honestly thought I would scare you." Mark rambled on. He the mobile phone , fingers gliding across the screen , eyes searching for familiar logo of flashlight. 

" But I failed. I ____ " 

As the ray of light from the flashlight fell on the figure standing before him ,Mark froze on his spot. It wasn't Yugyeom he was for sure neither it was one his other friends. 

" W__who are you ? ! " 

The figure bend down eye level with Mark and removed the hoodie covering it's face. Bloodied face , hollow eyes, blood dripping down from the sharp barred teeth. 

The scared boy screamed from the top of his lungs. He hit the figure with whatever he could get hold of and ran as fast as he could towards the door. But alas ! the door was locked. 

The static sound from earlier turned off leaving the room in eerie silence.   Mark hid himself behind the couch after turning the flashlight off. His heart beat sped up , cold sweat broke on his skin , shivers ran down his spine. He was shaking from head to toe, tears b on the corner of his eyes threatening to fall anytime soon.

He could pick up the sounds of footsteps nearby. Gulping in fear , Mark unlocked his phone with shaky hands and hurriedly opened his contact list, face loosing color and mouth dry. Before he could ask for help the intunder grabbed Mark's hand. He was able to contact a familiar number before the device fell from his hands with loud thud. 

Jackson was busy stuffing the delicious food inside his mouth, making chewy sound that honestly irritated the hell out of young boy sitting beside him. 

" Jackson hyung can't you eat silently ? " 

Jackson gave a quick glance at Bambam , shaking his head as he continued to make sound as if to further irritated the younger. 

" Jackson stop it right now " 

JB gave his signature menacing glare to Jackson who just smiled in return. Too used to that look to be scared. Before JB could say anything, Jackson's phone vibrated on the table.

" Youngjae , who is it ? " 

Jackson was still focused on his food. Rolling his eyes Youngjae glanced at the buzzing phone.

" It's Mark hyung " 

Jackson immediately diverted his attention to his phone, dropping the chopsticks on the process. He received the call excitedly making the other boys laugh at his instinct. 

" Mark hyung ! You should have joined us for dinner. The food is so so so delicious here. " 

Jackson had this habit of rambling on whenever he talked to his best friend, Mark. The older boy was the only one who never complained and listened to each and every thing Jackson had to say. 

When he received no response from Mark , his excited face fell.

" Hello ? Mark ? Are you there ? Mark? Markiepooh ? " 

Jinyoung raised his eyebrows at Jackson who in return gave him 'something's wrong ' look. 

Just then he heard a blood curdling scream from the other end of the phone , that drained the color out of his face. 

" MARK ! " 

Jackson's panicked voice made the boys stop whatever they were doing and look at him. 

" Are you okay ?" " Hello" " hello "

The call suddenly got disconnected.

" Everything alright hyung ? " 

Yugyeom asked worried about the sudden change in Jackson's demeanour. 

" We have to go back to the dorm right now " 

Jackson grabbed everyone's stuff as fast as he could.

" Why ? What happened?  " 

" No time to explain  " 

A pang of fear hit Jackson's heart and it clearly showed on his face that he was distressed. The other noticed it too. 

" Let's hurry " 

JB paid the cashier for their food and they all hurried to the van waiting for them. Once they entered the van Jackson was bombarded with numerous questions.

" Is everything okay ? " 

" Why are we leaving so early ? " 

" Are you feeling well ? " 

Jackson stayed silent on his back seat. The worst case scenario revolving around his head. God damn it ! Mark should have tagged along with them,  instead he chose to enjoy the night alone. He didn't even let Jackson stay with him.

" Yah ! Jackson Wang will you tell us what happened ? " 

Jackson jolted out of his trance at the loud sound. He glanced at JB who was pinning him with questioning glare ,with down casted face. 

" Mark hyung he __ " 

" Is he alright ? " 

" I don't know " 

Jackson tugged his hair frustrated with himself. He didn't know if Mark was okay or not and it bugged him every passing second. That scream haunted his mind , was it of Mark or someone else ? What if something bad happened to Mark ? He can't even imagine that. He can't, he won't.

Why was the time passing so slowly ?  Even if he had seen Mark just an hour earlier, his eyes longed to see the angelic face again . He wanted to feel the familiar warmth , the butterflies on his stomach ,  the soft touch of silky smooth skin against his palm , hear the pleasant ringing of high pitched laugh that made him want to laugh along.  

Jackson inhaled sharply , the familiar ache starting to bloom on his heart. The heart that beats for Mark. Maybe the other will never know his feelings but Jackson is okay with that as long as he can be by Mark's side even if it is just as friends. Just friends that's what they will be anyway. 

What would he do if Mark fell in love with someone else ? Will he be able to let go of Mark ? What about his feelings ? Will he be able to get rid of them ? Sure, it would hurt a lot, pain a lot but if Mark was happy he could live on, maybe not with him but with their memories. 

A finger sliding gently across his cheek made Jackson open his eyes. 

" You are crying " 

Unknown to him he had started crying. Jinyoung glanced at him worriedly , rubbing soothing circles on his back.

" Something got inside my eye "

" You are a terrible liar you know. " Jinyoung said softly , studying him like a open book. Jackson didn't say anything and the conversation ceased.

When the van finally stopped in front of their dorm , Jackson was the first to rush out the other's followed silently behind him. He stood in front of supposed to be locked door and without sparing a second thought entered inside. 

Dark greeted him. He flicked the light switch on having known where it exactly was. The fluorescent light illuminated the whole room at once. Jackson gasped at the state of their living room, rest of the boys mirroring his expression. Things scattered here and there as if someone had been  violently fighting. 

Jackson felt the panic rush inside him as he rushed to Mark's room.

" MARK where are you ? " 

Everyone started looking for their friend. As Jaebum passed by the couch , he noticed a bloodied hand peeking out under the table. He crocheted down bit his lip and gently pulled the familiar body out. His head started spinning upon the site of his friend. Placing the lithe body gently on the couch, he called his other friends. 

" Come here quick " 

Within a minute everyone rushed there. Jackson kept on looking at his unconscious best friend , unable to form any coherent words. He felt his legs give out. If it wasn't for Youngjae's fast reflexes Jackson would have face planted the floor. 

" Jackson get a hold of yourself. You have to be strong for Mark. Don't give up yet " 

Jinyoung after calling the doctor lightly patted Jackson's back as the latter started crying.

Within a minute or less someone knocked at their door. Yugyeom greeted the doctor and signalled him to where Mark was laid. 

The doctor set his equipments down and stared checking Mark's pulse. He asked them to bring water and they did as told. 

Dipping the cotton balls on water the doctor cleaned the blood off. 

" It's not his blood " 

" Huh ? What do you mean ? " 

JB asked surprise evident on his face.

" Look there are no visible wounds on his body anywhere except " he gently tilted Mark's face to side " the injection marks on his neck " 

" Injection marks ? " 

" Yes. Someone repeatedly injected him. I have to take sample of his blood and saliva. You will get the reports next week. Other than that there's nothing to worry about " 

" Thank you doctor " 

After the doctor left with sample, silence fell in the room.

" Jackson " 

Jinyoung suddenly called for him.

" Will you look after Mark hyung ? " 

Jackson nodded his head. Giving one long gaze at the unconscious male the other boys left him alone with Mark.

Jackson lifted Mark up in his arms ,careful not to hurt him, not that the other boy could feel anything at that moment but still his heart screamed ' be gentle ' while his eyes lingered on Mark's face. He pushed open the bathroom door and placed Mark on the tub after getting rid of his blood stained clothes. 

He started washing the stains on Mark's skin with warm water. Making sure the older was clean he dressed Mark in comfortable clothes and carried him to bed. Jackson tucked Mark in warm blanket and he himself sat on a chair by bed. Hand holding Mark's soft one.

Being able to feel Mark's touch eased his heart a little.

" Be well soon Markie " 

Jackson kissed the back of his best friend's hand and then his forehead and sat back in initial position on the chair. His eye lids fell heavier as the warmth lulled him towards dreamland. 

When Mark opened his eyes the next morning he couldn't remember what had happened to him yesterday. His neck was throbbing with pain and his hand felt heavier. His eyes fell on sleeping figure by this side and it made him smile. 

" Jackson wake up " 

He nudged the sleeping male , eyes shining with so much adoration that anyone could have noticed if they were looking at Mark right now. 

" Mmh " 

Jackson stirred stretching his back , a dull ache forming on his spine as a result of sleeping in uncomfortable position all night. He rubbed his eyes with the sleeves of his shirt and finally his brain registered that Mark was awake. 

" How are you feeling Mark ? Does it hurt anywhere ? Do you need anything ? " 

Jackson started fussing over Mark. 

" Woah ! slow down. I'm fine " 

Mark attempted to laugh only to fall back and whimper in pain as the skin on his neck stretched a bit more than tolerable. Jackson panicked and rushed to his side. His own heart aching seeing the other in pain.

" It hurts but I can tolerate the pain "

Eyes half close Mark traced his fingertips on Jackson's jaw to reassure the younger it no big deal. A tingling sensation on his hand and the sweet aroma of perfume Jackson usually used made him sigh in comfort. 

" I can't see you in pain " 

Jackson admitted softly holding the hand on his jaw. His gaze lingered on Mark's relaxed face a little too longer than he had intended to.

" Stop looking at me like that "

Mark opened his eyes to briefly to look at Jackson and shut them again.

" Like what ? " 

" Like I'm some fragile piece of glass. To your information I'm very much capable of kicking your right now " 

" But you won't do that " 

" Why won't I ? " 

" Because you love me " 

Jackson states , his smile so bright that it rivaled the morning sun. For once Mark couldn't tear his gaze from his best friend's face. The morning rays gently grazing his lightly tanned skin , the soft messy hair falling on his crescent eyes , the radiant smile adorning his face , even with bare face and puffy eyes Jackson looked absolutely angelic. Mark felt his heart skip a bit , a pleasant warmth forming on his stomach. He unwillingly diverted his attention to the tiled floor as he felt heat raising on his cheeks.

" You are right. I do love you " 

Even though Mark didn't meant it in a romantic way Jackson still felt like his heart would skip out of his chest. The confession still knocked out his breath , leaving him breathless. The locked up emotions once again resurfaced back. It overwhelmed Jackson so much that his eyes burned and he had to squeeze them shut to hold back the fresh tears. 

Mark opened his mouth to say something and Jackson feared that the older saw his emotions , knew them . Luckily,  he got saved by the boys who barged inside the room without any warning. Once they noticed that Mark was awake they started bombarding him with questions. 

" What happened to you yesterday ? " 

" Does it hurt anywhere ? " 

" How are you feeling ? "

" Are you okay ? " 

" Why aren't you saying anything ? "

Mark's eyes were trained on Jackson who was quietly standing besides the open door, eyes looking anywhere but at Mark. Maybe the younger felt Mark's intense gaze , he lifted his head up and their eyes met. Even though they were distant , those brown pools gave him warmth and energy , a silent trust and support. 

" Mark hyung "

Only when Bambam whined so near his ear did Mark break the eye contact. He scrunched up his face resisting the urge to hit the younger for that obnoxious sound but decided against it. 

" What is it Bambam ? " 

" I was saying what had happened here yesterday ? " 

" I don't remember anything " 

Mark admitted quietly. All he could remember was that he was watching some horror movie and the light went out. After that his mind couldn't register anything. 

" Try to think hyung. Did you fight with anyone ? " 

Mark pressured his brain to remember . Suddenly a vage memory of someone trying to stab him flashed through this mind making him dizzy. He groaned in pain , hands raising to hold his head reflexively. 

" I think that's enough Bam " 

Jackson's tone held a kind of authority. He stepped forward and placed his hand on Mark's shoulder. 

" You don't have to pressurize yourself to remember anything " 

He gently pushed Mark to bed again. 

" Take rest " 

He started playing with Mark's hair , rubbing the scalp soothingly.

" If you need anything call us okay " 

Mark nodded his head as he sighted on the pillow he was resting his head on. Jackson stopped playing with Mark's hair and stood up to let the older get some rest. 

Once he was out of the door he closed the door behind softly and headed to where his other friends were. 

His head started pounding,a hot flare of pain pierced his muscles as soon as he woke up. The agonizing pain was almost unbearable and tears spilled out of his eyes. Mark tried to balance his whole weight on one leg as the other seemed to be paralyzed, hands dragging across the wall for support. His body was shaking violently like it would break apart. The bathroom felt like it was miles apart. What suddenly happened to him , everything was alright just a minute ago. 

Finally when the bathroom came in view, he shakily opened the door. He rushed to the basin , hands set in tight grip on the edge. The rustling sound of water running down the tap resonated on the confined space. He splashed his face with cold water several times. 

Running his hand through messy bed hair , Mark lifted his head to check his reflection. But as soon as his eyes found the mirror, a shriek left his lips and he collapsed on the floor with loud thud. The image was horrifying. It can't be him , it can't be. He ran his hands frantically on his face. 

" What was that loud sound ? " 

The thud caught attention of the boys who were having a conversation about the upcoming exams. They rushed to the bathroom within a minute. Laying on the tiles was their friend , whimpering , tears streaking down his face. 

" Mark " 

As soon as he heard the familiar sound, Mark latched himself on younger male, hugging him so tight as if his life depended on it. He started sobbing on Jackson's chest, the latter running his hand through Mark's soft hair. 

" Shh.... tell me what happened ? " 

Jackson asked softly holding Mark face on his palms. 

" J__jackson I__I mir__rror " 

Mark buried his face back on Jackson's chest, his trembling fingers clutching the fabric. Though the younger couldn't understand anything Mark was trying to say he chose to stay silent. 

" Let's go to our room okay " 

Jackson suggested . Mark nodded his head and stood up with shaky legs. His eyes glanced at the mirror again and he panicked. This time Jackson noticed Mark's odd behavior. He held the latter's hand and squeezed it gently. The other boys dumbly glaced back and forth between Mark and Jackson. 

Jackson took Mark back to his bed and laid the older there. 

" Relax. Breath in and out " 

Mark did as told. His ragged breath now becoming even. Jackson brushed the sweaty locks from his forehead. He smiled down weakly at Mark and stood up to leave.

" Don't go " 

Mark caught his wrist before he could leave.

" Don't leave me alone. " 

Jackson turned back to face Mark. The older boy's wary gaze focused on him. Mark let go of his wrist and patted the side of the bed. 

Jackson removed his shirt that had a wet patch from Mark's earlier break down and joined the elder on his bed. On instinct , Mark scooted closer and placed his head on Jackson's bare chest , listening to the rhythmic pattern of heartbeat. The comfortable silent engulfed the room , relaxing both of them in each other's embrace.

Jinyoung called out for them when the food was ready. Jackson put on his black shirt and along with Mark trailing by his side made their way to the kitchen. 

" Take a seat " 

They sat side by side as Jinyoung started plating the food. Bambam and Yugyeom were chatting on their own. JB was focused on his food while Youngjae kept on staring at Mark worried for the boy.

" What are you looking at ? ! " 

Mark suddenly stood up banging the table hard with his fisted hand. He strode towards Youngjae pinning the younger under his glare. 

" I__I hy__ung " 

" Mark calm down he must be worried for you that's all " 

Mark whipped his head to Jackson's direction, he grabbed the knife laying on the table and placed the sharp edge on Jackson's throat. All of the boys stood up panicked.

" Hyung ! Put that knife down. Have you lost your mind ? ! " 

Mark growled at the sound , his eyes turning dark that freaked out everyone. He applied pressure to the knife , a low groan of pain from younger made him smile like manic. 

Jackson could feel the blood trickle down his throat, pain forming on the side of his neck due to shallow cut. He was scared of Mark's appearance and behavior. 

" Pl__please put that knife d__down " 

Jinyoung cried with pleading voice successfully grabbing the attention of Mark. He drew the knife away from Jackson's throat. Taking that as opportunity to escape , the younger scurried on the opposite direction away from Mark. 

Mark started crying all of sudden , then he laughed. His eyes were set on the knife , hands twirling the object. He jumped on the table all of sudden knocking out the plates. Everyone kept on watching him in horror.

Mark grabbed his own hair placing the knife on his neck. His teeth bared, eyes glowing evil shade of brown.  

" Stop it " 

Mark tilted his head looking straight at Jackson. He laughed gliding the knife from his neck to his wrist. For a fraction of time his eyes turned back to gentle  , scared expression plastered on his face. 

" Save me " he plead " It hurts " 

Jackson moved forward his heart aching. However , before he could get hold of Mark, the latter moved to other direction.

Mark picked the abandoned knife once again and sliced his arm in shallow cut. He cried out in agony as the blood dribbled down. Then he laughed. Scared , the boys started to exit out of the kitchen except for Jackson. Jinyoung tugged at his arm.

" Jackson let's go " 

" No. I can't leave him alone like this " 

" He will kill you " 

" I don't care. If you wanna go , go right now but don't expect me to leave Mark like that " 

" Fine be that way " 

Jinyoung joined the rest of the boys leaving behind Jackson on the kitchen with wild Mark. 

" Mark , listen to me " 

Jackson slowly  took step towards the older " Throw that knife away " 

Mark didn't listen, singing a lullaby to himself, he pretended to lay on the table. As Jackson thought of grabbing the knife out of Mark's hand , the boy nearly stabbed Jackson on the stomach.

" No, this is mine " 

Having enough of this Jackson swiftly moved forward , twisted Mark's hand that held the sharp object causing it to fall the floor. Mark trashed on his hold trying to break free but the younger didn't even budge. 

" Let go of me ! I will kill you ! Let go"

He continued to hit Jackson with balled fists until he lost the energy and fell limp on Jackson's hold. 

The younger boy carried Mark to their room and cleaned both of their wound wrapping the bandage around the wrist and band aid to his neck.

He fished out his mobile phone and called the doctor. Three rings later the doctor received his call.

" Hello Mr. Wang . Can I help you with anything ? " 

" Did you get any reports from the sample you took ? " 

" Yes .There is something you need to know . Mr. Tuan's blood has this strange odd shade on it. We are trying to figure out what exactly is that. By the way how is he now ? " 

Jackson detailed out the situation. 

" That's strange. I think it the side effect of the injection " 

" Should I bring him to you ? " 

" Yes. I would like to check him up myself " 

" Thank you doctor " 

" No problem Mr. Wang. Visit me on Monday " 

He ended the call with a sigh. Why would anyone inject Mark ? Why him of all people ? Who could have done this ?  

When Mark woke up Jackson was in front of him like always. Mark's eyes fell on the bandage wrapped around Jackson's neck. He pointed  it out. 

" hey what happened to your neck? "

Jackson looked at him confused.  Why was the older acting like he didn't  know anything or was it that he lost his memory? 

" Uh it's  nothing,  just a little cut.  "

"If you say so "

" Oh yeah Mark " 

" Hmm " 

" We are going  to hospital tomorrow"

" Why? "

"We need to recheck your wound " 

" Okay then " 

Jackson nodded his head, his eyes trained on the bandage wrapped around the latter's wrist. 

" What happened to my wrist ? " 

Mark started to unwrap the bandage but was stopped by the younger. 

" Keep it on " 

" I don't remember having any wound on my wrist " 

Puzzled , Mark observed his wrist , tilting it back and forth while Jackson rewrapped the bandage gently.

" It's okay Mark. Don't stress out "

But deep down he knew it wasn't okay. He himself was stressed out over the situation.

Monday came by and they were at hospital for checkup after having a light breakfast. Their friends had probably left for school already , they were out of sight when the two left for hospital , so Jackson had locked the apartment.

" Is there anything I can help you with , sir ? " 

The lady on the counter asked them as the boys were standing there for a little too long , looking lost. 

" We have appointment with Mr. Park. Can you call him ? " 

" Sure sir " 

She picked the receiver up and dialled a number from phone list. 

" You can meet him. He is in his cabin right now. " 

The lady smiled sweetly at them pointing at the direction of the doctor's cabin. Jackson bowed his head and walked off , Mark following his trial. 

" Mr. Wang , Mr. Tuan have a seat "

Doctor Park gestured the two males to sit down on the couch as soon as they entered the office. 

They did as told glancing around the room with curious eyes. 

" So Mr. Tuan how are you feeling today ? " 

" Good, I guess "

Mark answered back, his hands gripping Jackson's shirt tightly. The older male was feeling uncomfortable under the doctor's menacing glare. 

Doctor Park nodded his head in acknowledgement, eyes never leaving Mark's face.

" How is your neck ? " 

" Hurts a little at side " 

Mark felt his head starting to buzz , the familiar paralyzing feeling crossed his every features. He started sweating while the doctor kept on asking his questions. It was too much for him to handle and finally he snapped. 

Mark pushed the doctor back forcefully , causing the old man to fall on the floor. Surprised by the sudden change in older , Jackson tried to stop him but Mark was being too wild for him to handle. 

The older started throwing things here and there , creating a mess. He trashed on Jackson's hold , punched the younger couple of times before setting himself free and headed straight to the frightened doctor. Mark placed his hands around the old man's throat trying to cut off the air circulation. The doctor coughed violently scratching the hands that were squeezing his throat in an  unforgiving grip. 

Jackson was trying his best to stop Mark but every time he failed against other's inhuman strength. 

" Mark stop ! " 

His friend wasn't listening. Jackson was afraid that the older might choke the doctor to death. He tried to pry Mark's hands from the old man's throat again. 

" What's going on in here ? " 

The door of the cabin was opened by the security guards. They grabbed Mark's hands and finally were able to pry the boy away from doctor Park who was trying to regain his breath. 

" Let go of me ! I will kill you all " 

Mark trashed on the security guard's hold lunging towards the direction of the doctor but was restrained from doing so. 

After what felt like hours the boy finally calmed down and fell unconscious. Jackson moved forward and collected Mark on his arms. 

When the older boy was conscious again he had no memory of what had happened earlier. He kept on asking questions to the younger boy. 

All of sudden some unknown people entered inside with the security guards from earlier. One of the guards pointed at Mark and the people pulled him out of Jackson's hold , dragging him out almost forcefully. 

" Where are you taking me !? " 

Mark tried to break free. Who were these people ? 

" Hey where are you taking my friend ? ! " 

Jackson ran after the persons but the security guard held his arm in tight grip and stopped him.

" JACKSON " 

Mark cried trying to reach the younger with his extended hand. 

" LET ME GO ! " 

" JACKSON " 

" MARK ! LET HIM GO YOU JERKS ! WHO ARE YOU ? " 

Jackson punched the guard who was holding his arm and ran to the older who was being dragged away outside. Before he could reach his friend he felt a sharp pain on his shoulder. He glanced back only to find doctor Park with empty injection on his hand. 

Jackson felt dizzy all of sudden. Black dots clouded his vision but he didn't stop running towards Mark. He fell down on the hard concrete. The faint cry of his friend somewhere near reached his ringing ears before black painted his vision completely. 

" M__m_ark " 

Jackson mumbled on his subconscious state. He could hear low murmurs around him but his brain couldn't register anything. 

" He is waking up "

" M__ma__rk " 

Sweat drops were forming on his forehead, lips trembling in an attempt to form coherent words. He needed to save Mark . 

" Mark ! " 

Jackson jolted up , his eyes roaming around to find the older male. 

" Jacks , thank god you are awake. " 

" Where's Mark ? " 

Jackson asked his other friends trying to stand up from the bed he was resting on. 

" Jackson you should probably rest " 

" GODDAMN IT ! WHERE IS MARK ? TELL ME WHERE IS HE ? " 

" They took him away " 

" Who ? " 

" The people from mental asylum " 

" Number 904 it's time for your medicine " 

Mark didn't know how many days had passed by since he was brought here or why was he even brought in the mental asylum. For first few days he tried to fight , tried to prove that he was normal but all that he gained was electric shock and beatings. Life here was a pure torture. They didn't even call him by his real name. He was assigned a number . They tied him to the ground like an animal and made him swallow the bitter tasting medicines. Night time were even worse. He had to sleep among the prisoners there. Sometimes when no one was watching him he would  sneak to bathroom and cry his heart out not because of the fading scars on his body but because he felt empty.

The thought that his friends probably had forgotten about him always made his heart heavy. His nights were often filled with heart wrenching sound of sobs that seemed too distant but were coming from himself. His orbs always gazed outside hoping praying that a familiar face would show up and free him from there. But when the black dots of night came his hopes would crumble into millions of tiny pieces. Mark never dared to hope again. 

Shaking his thoughts aside ,  Mark took  the medicines and a glass of water that was provided to him. He took his usual seat knowing all to well that the guards were watching him. 

" They have brought another mental patient " 

The guards were murmuring.

" Honestly it would be better if they just died " 

" You are right " 

Suddenly the door was pushed open . Mark lifted his head . The glass he was holding fell from his hands with the loud thud. Everything around him disappeared. The morning sun rays on the soft skin , the brown waves of hair swaying with the wind , those  hypnotizing brown eyes.

" He is the new patient , number 328  "

Mark felt tears rolling down his cheeks when his eyes met with Jackson's. 

" If insanity is what it takes for us to be together then I can be insane for you " 

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